Table 3.
Error Patterns in Labeling Facial Expressions of Emotion in Verbal Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typical Volunteers.
| Trial Type | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typical Control |
ASD |
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| Response | Happy | Fearful | Angry | Sad | Neutral | Happy | Fearful | Angry | Sad | Neutral |
| Happy | 98.75 | .42 | 2.92 | .83 | 2.50 | 90.56 | 1.67 | 2.78 | 3.61 | 1.39 |
| Fearful | .42 | 89.58 | 11.25 | 1.25 | .00 | .56 | 82.78 | 10.28 | 5.00* | .56 |
| Angry | .42 | 1.25 | 65.42 | 4.58 | 1.67 | 2.78 | 2.22 | 60.83 | 4.17 | 5.28* |
| Sad | .42 | 5.42 | 9.17 | 86.67 | 7.08 | 1.39 | 6.39 | 14.44 | 74.17 | 13.89 |
| Neutral | .00 | 3.33 | 11.25 | 6.67 | 88.75 | 4.72* | 6.94* | 11.67 | 13.06* | 78.89 |
Note. Values represent the percentage of trials for which each emotional label was selected. Accuracy rates, where the response matches the trial type, are presented in boldface across the diagonal.
ASD = Autism Spectrum Disorder
*
p < .05 for significant difference from typical controls
To conserve statistical power only error differences > 3% were tested for differences between adults with ASD and typical controls.